Gaza: one year on Friday 10th July, 5.30-7.30pm, Richmond Terrace, opposite Downing Street, London Gaza September, 2014. Credit Agencia de Noticias ANDES – shared under Creative Commons licence We are approaching the first anniversary of Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza last summer, which terrorised the Palestinian population of 1.8 million for 51 days, killing more …
The latest official government figures, collated by War on Want, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Campaign Against Arms Trade, reveal that the UK approved £4 million worth of arms sales to Israel in the four months that followed last year’s bombardment of Gaza. The licences cover equipment that is likely to be used if violence resumes; …
Our new report Arming Apartheid: UK complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people details how trading arms with Israel makes the UK complicit in Israel’s continuing violations of human rights and international law. Over 2,000 Palestinians in Gaza were brutally killed by Israel last summer. This is only the most recent example of Israel’s indiscriminate …
Gaza – one year on Gaza vigil – Friday 10th July, 2015, Time: 5.30pm to 7.30pm Richmond Terrace (opposite Downing Street), Whitehall, London In July 2014, Israeli land, sea and air forces began a sustained and devastating assault on Gaza, terrorising the Palestinian population of 1.8 million for 51 days until, eventually, more than 2,000 …
Thank you to all our members and supporters who supported our fantastic lobby day in Parliament for Palestine. Over two thousand of you asked your MP to support the Lobby. Many other MPs met with representatives from Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Pax Christi, Palestinian Mission and other organisations. MPs we met …
This year’s UNISON National Delegates Conference, which took place in Glasgow, has again seen a great number of Palestine related activities. Earlier in the week Ala Khatib, Director of Kav LaOved (Workers Hotline) and official guest of UNISON, addressed the official UNISON International rally and explained how Palestinian workers …
Actors, authors, academics and architects have today called on the government to push for immediate sanctions on Israel until it abides by international law and ends its occupation of Palestinian land. They join other big names from the world of film and rock music, as well as 20,000 members of the public, who have signed …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign has called for urgent action to ensure that alleged Israeli war criminal, Shaul Mofaz, who is in London today, does not leave the country without facing the charges laid against him. Mofaz, who was Israel’s military chief of staff during the Second Intifada, is in London on a private visit. He stands …
The first lobby for Palestine in this new parliament will take place in under a week. Hundreds of people like you who are passionate about Palestinian human rights will arrive at Westminster on Tuesday ready to inform their MPs about the terrible situation in Palestine, and pressure them to take political action. By taking our …
Contact your MP now and take your concerns about Palestine directly to Parliament. In under two weeks we will be knocking at Westminster’s door to inform, educate and pressure our representatives to take action. This is the first lobby for Palestine that has taken place in this new parliament, so its very important that we …